In the past a lot of fishermen in the Lake Tai basin in China lived permanently on their boat, and had almost no contact with the peasants on the land. As a result, a unique religion of the fishermen was formed. After the establishment of P.R.China in 1949 however, the government made a series of reformations on them, and their religion were forbidden. Since 1970, as a result of the “Settle down policy,” they started to live on the land, and the relations with the peasants in the vicinity became more intense. Since the reform and opening-up policy in 1979, their religion begun to revive. In this article, through the comparison of the religious activities of the fishermen before the establishment of P.R.China and after the reform and opening-up, the transformation of their religion and the effects of Xiangtou （香頭） who exert the religious function on the transformation will be demonstrated.
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